International Monetary Fund adds to fears that the Chinese economy is running out of steam, hours before the EC announces whether it will give certain countries more time to lower their borrowing Graeme Wearden

Search engine understood to be offering to label search results which point to one of its own properties After nearly a year of negotiation, Google has submitted a package of concessions to the European commission to head off an antitrust investigation that has ground on for two and a half years. The search company is […]

Tony Blair is busy brokering multi-billion pound mergers. But what of other ex-ministers? Edwina Currie and Jacqui Smith discuss what to do after Westminster When she left parliament Edwina Currie embarked on a new career as a writer – and has a second volume of diaries out next week. Former home secretary Jacqui Smith lost […]

I chose my Tunisian hotel because it had an indoor swimming pool. Now the pool is closed – and Thomson doesn’t want to know I booked my Tunisian holiday with Thomson specifically because the hotel had an indoor pool. I then discovered that the pool complex was being rebuilt and wouldn’t be ready until 1 […]

• EC warns of risk of financial disintegration• Spain told to reform taxation…• …France given a warning• Banking union and eurobonds recommended• ECB denies blocking Bankia plan• Spanish bond yields above 6.6% 6.15pm: Time to stop the blog, after quite an eventful day in which the EC issued report cards on the eurozone, and investors […]

Pre-Qualification for Printing and Supply of Text Books DfID Department for International Development (DfID) intends to procure the printing and supply of approximately 9 000 000 primary school text books for distribution to the Ministry of Education schools in South Sudan.